Sand

[hutchinson]

What is the absolute best thing to buy for keeping your sand clean>?

 

[t316]

RO/DI water.
I'm sure you were looking for inverts, but what type of water are you using?

 

[hutchinson]

Looking for inverts..... I use regular tap with the treatment.

 

[scopus tang]

What treatment? Unless your are filter your tap water it generally contains silica which will cause algae blooms, causing your sand to turn brownish - yellow. Adding treatments to the water is not going to prevent this from happening.

 

[hutchinson]

the stuff to make ur tap water safe.

 

[scopus tang]

You mean like dechlorinator? Or something else? Again, not going to remove silica and prevent a diatom bloom

If you want clean sand, as previously stated, the best thing to add is RO water.

Even if you add a clean-up crew, if you keep adding tap water they are not going to be able to keep up with diatom blooms you are surely going to be experiencing.

 

[t316]

I think the problem is in your tap water, even though you are "treating" it.
Snails and hermit crabs will stir your sand a little, but the "dirty" you are seeing will return within hours.

 

[frankthetank]

Yup.... tap water is your enemy. By all the snails, hermits and conch's you want. Your water is the problem. RO or RO/DI water!!